MADAM – As someone with a foot in both artist and auctioneer camps, I’d like to add a contrary view to the often one-sided debate on Artist’s Resale Right (ATG No 2287).
Most of us artists are not in the Damien Hirst bracket. The mean income of fine artists is estimated in studies at around £4500pa, a figure to be born in mind when calling for the minimum threshold to be raised to £3000 (Editor’s Comment, ATG No 2286).